Toolmaker (Plant) - Durban
Job Purpose: To ensure that all moulds and tools are processed through the tool room timeously and to a standard that will allow them to be run by production with minimal rejects. Reporting To: Maintenance Specialist Educational Requirements: Grade 12 Trade Test (Toolmaker or Tool Jig & Die Maker) 5 years working experience in an Automotive Manufacturing environment Maintenance Process (Scheduled): • Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work • Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements • Generate Job Requisitions for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.) • Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site • Isolate equipment, perform lockouts and make the work area safe • Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities • Perform change overs in the production environment • Count stock for a Stock Take integrity check (check spares condition during the count) Maintenance Process (Breakdown): • Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control • Update the responsible person on progress of repairs • Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully • Capture all information related to the breakdown to aid in determining the root cause • File job requisition upon completion of repair Mechanical Maintenance: • Perform routine maintenance • Align machines and equipment • Diagnose and repair faults on equipment and machinery during production/operation • Commission and refurbish machines / equipment • Operate and monitor a drilling machine to produce simple components • Operate and monitor a lathe to produce simple components • Operate and monitor a milling machine to produce simple components • Operate and monitor a surface grinding machine to produce simple components • Operate the Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) to seal moulds • Perform basic welding/joining of metals • Perform MIG/TIG welding of metals • Grind tools and drill bits Tooling Maintenance: • Maintain and repair production tooling • Develop new tooling or modify existing tooling when required • Change and set tooling • Diagnose and repair faults on tooling during the production run • Manufacture basic tooling and production tooling to drawing or sample part • Move, lift, lower and look after tooling Fabrication: • Develop and fabricate from complex drawings • Mechanically cut, drill and punch fabrication materials • Join metals using the resistance welding process • Weld work piece (oxy-acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding) • Remove metals using oxy-fuel and air-carbon arc gouging processes Maintenance Process (Post Maintenance): • Test and commission machinery or equipment prior to handover • Complete the Planned Maintenance Schedule (Work completed, work not completed, spares used, spares not available, time taken, observations, problems, etc.) • Identify any other work required (including additional spares) • Clean up after completion of job and inform the responsible person that the maintenance has been completed to the required standard Engineering Projects: • Work as a project team member Material Handling: • Sling loads • Operating cranes/hoists • Operating forklifts Continuous Improvement: Participate in continuous improvement drives related to tooling. Reporting: • Complete Maintenance Time Sheets (nature of work, time spent to repair and material/spares used
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